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Nov 19, 1977 · "Semi-Tough," Dan Jenkins's best-selling comic novel about big-league professional football, has been slimmed down, beefed up and reworked to make a funny film that is as much satire as parody, as ...
Jan 25, 2021 · Semi-Tough, with its R-rating, gets to take it all even further, granting Jill Clayburgh’s character a casual affinity for the f-word and has everyone indulging in all manner of tossed-off bodily humor. (Reynolds, holed up in bathroom trying to write during a large gathering, fends off knockers with sharp retorts like “Just shit and push it ...
May 22, 2001 · This was the start of Ritchie's most productive period when he made several films that were both popular and critically acclaimed. You can find his sly wit and sense of critical drama in Smile (1975), The Bad News Bears (1976) and Semi-Tough (1978). By the 1980s, though, Ritchie's films focused less on social criticism and more on stars.
This is a hilarious movie. These are the good days for Burt Reynolds, Christ Kristopherson, and Jill Clayburgh. They are all at the height of their careers in Semi Tough. This is a movie about 2 football players who are also best friends and Jill Clayburgh is the coach's daughter who plans to marry Kris Kristopherson.
Mar 3, 2015 · Semi-Tough is the story of the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl from the point of view of Billy Clyde Puckett, quarterback from Fort Worth, Texas, starring his two best and oldest friends, Marvin "Shake" Tiller, wide receiver, and the only girl who ever really "got" them, Barbara Jean Bookman, whose daddy is in the "oil bidness".
For all the talent involved, however, "Semi-Tough" never amounts to much and seems rather dated today. The concept of a menage-a-trois was already old hat in 1977 and at times the movie begins to resemble "Paint Your Wagon" with some shoulder pads tossed in. Director Ritchie and screenwriter Bernstein almost salvage the proceedings with a sub-plot that satirizes the craze for wacky self-help ...
